Nikita Mikhalkov
Date of birth: 1945-10-21
Place of birth: Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Nikita Michalkov, Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov, Nikita Sergueïevitch Mikhalkov
Biography
Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945; Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993, 1995, 1999) and is a Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". Nikita Mikhalkov won the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival (1991) and was nominated for the Academy Award (1993) in the category Best International Feature Film for the film Close to Eden. He won an Academy Award (1995) for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival (1994) for the film Burnt by the Sun. Mikhalkov received the "Special Lion" of the Venice Film Festival (2007) for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for an Academy Award for the film 12 (2007). Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the noble and distinguished Mikhalkov family. His great-grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a princess of the House of Golitsyn. Nikita's father, Sergey Mikhalkov, was best known as writer of children's literature, although he also wrote lyrics to his country's national anthem on three occasions spanning nearly 60 years – two sets of lyrics used for the Soviet national anthem, and the current lyrics of the Russian national anthem. Mikhalkov's mother, poet Natalia Konchalovskaya, was the daughter of the avant-garde artist Pyotr Konchalovsky and granddaughter of another outstanding painter, Vasily Surikov. Nikita's older brother is the filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky, primarily known for his collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky and his own Hollywood action films, such as Runaway Train and Tango & Cash.
Movie Credits
Dead Man's Bluff
2005-05-26
Sergei and Simon have to deliver a suitcase full of heroin to Mikhalych or else they will be killed.
12
2007-06-06
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men mus
The Red Tent
1969-12-23
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic exped
Крым Юлиана Семёнова
2021-10-10
Station for Two
1982-06-06
Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father
Walking the Streets of Moscow
1964-04-11
On a stopover in Moscow, a young writer Volodya makes friends with Kolya, who is returning home from
Beautiful Stranger
1993-10-14
Strangers on a train. Late in 1916, a brave and idealistic Russian officer in his 20s comes to his s
Stanislavski: Lust for Life
2021-02-27
A story about Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski, a twentieth-century theatre genius. Owing to his
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974-11-11
Following the Russian Civil War, a loyal Red, Shilov, must prove he is at home among strangers as he
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
2010-04-22
Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
1977-09-05
On a summer day in late 19th century Russia, a group of bourgeois friends and acquaintances gather a
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel
2011-05-05
The final part of Mikhalkov's trilogy about Divisional Commander Kotov finds him returning home duri
A Cruel Romance
1984-06-06
In the town of Bryakhimov, noble but poor widow Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova seeks to arrange marriag
Sport, Sport, Sport
1970-06-06
A half-fiction half-documentary story about sport and it's importance in everyday life.
It Doesn't Hurt Me
2006-06-08
Three friends are in the entrance of a luxury home in the heart of the city. They are young, full of
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles
1981-07-25
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his country house, Dr James Mortimer asks Sherlock Hol
Siberiade
1979-11-28
The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from th
Burnt by the Sun
1994-05-01
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his y
Belief, Hope and Blood
2000-01-01
About the love of Lenin and the Finnish girl Mariot, from whom he had a child, who subsequently disa
The Red and the White
1967-11-03
In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a
Flights in Dreams and in Reality
1983-01-17
On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has
Kin
1981-12-06
The story follows Maria Konovalova who travels from her rural village to visit her daughter Nina in
The State Counsellor
2005-04-21
Third film based on Boris Akunin's "Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina" series of novels. On
Fat Stupid Rabbit
2007-03-29
An actor who performs for a children's theater lands a leading role in a new production.
Anna
1993-12-22
Director Nikita Mikhalkov documents the history of Russia from 1980 to 1991 by annually asking his d
The Station Master
1972-08-25
In the early 19th century a traveler returns to the remote outpost he’d visited years before, anxiou
Quiet Flows The Don
2006-11-07
With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashi
Oblomov
1980-04-01
St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older s
Adventures of Krosh
1961-04-14
The school year is over. The former nine-graders begin their summer internship, which proved for the
Traffic Officer
1982-06-06
A comic drama about a permanently going duel between Traffic Officer and powerful businessman.
Life is a Thrill
2020-12-14
This is a story about an amazing person who devotes his life to his students. Vladimir Fenchenko lit
The Son
2023-10-02
“The True Biography of Nikita Mikhalkov” is the story of one of the most famous Russian directors (a
Clouds Over Borsk
1961-02-25
Tenth grader Olya Ryzhkova can't find understanding among the people around her.
Persona non grata
2005-04-01
A Polish ambassador finds his life falling into ruin following the death of his wife.
The Barber of Siberia
1998-11-11
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, expe
One Day of Mosfilm
1985-01-30
The film tells about the main stages of the history of the country's largest studio "Mosfilm", about
The Film That Went Wrong
2022-08-28
In 1993, Nikita Mikhalkov made a feature film “Remembering Chekhov”. After the footage was edited, h
Humiliated and Insulted
1990-12-01
Based on the Fyodor Dostoevsky novel about a young woman who leaves her family to live with her love
Close to Eden
1991-09-25
A farmer and his wife live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia with their three children. Chinese popu
Who Is This Kusturica?
2013-08-23
Emir Kusturica views himself as a rock musician and believes that he became a world-famous filmmaker
A Sentimental Trip to My Homeland. Music of Russian Painting
1995-01-01
Nikita Mikhalkov introduces his favorite paintings by Russian painters of the XIX century. The viewe
A Nest of Gentry
1969-08-25
A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The film portrays
Aurora Borealis
1990-08-03
The story of a man and a wolf-dog in East Siberia during the early 1900s.
Two Voices
1982-12-01
Fragments of all three short stories retrospectively pass before our eyes. The most difficult thing
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
1983-09-18
Max Sjöman, Architect: "This is the story of my daughter. Her life was short. Short is not purposele
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017-04-27
An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004)
A Slave of Love
1976-09-27
During the Russian Civil War, the production of a silent melodrama runs into numerous complications.
Roll Call
1966-04-04
General Zhuravlev fought on the fronts of World War II, and is now designing spacecraft. Sending a r
The Sun Shines to Everyone
1959-10-19
Czechoslovakia, May 9, 1945. The end of the war has already been announced. Nikolai Savelyev dreams
Putin's Witnesses
2018-11-08
Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime
Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
2012-04-04
Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky. The film uses unique materials related to the
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
1982-05-12
The events of several days spent by the married couple - artist Pavel Alekseevich and his wife Nina
Not the Most Lucky Day
1967-05-08
Based on the story by Yulian Semyonov "Dunechka and Nikita." One day in the life of a simple Soviet
The Song of Manshuk
1969-12-20
The story of the hero of the Soviet Union, Manshuk Mametova, machine-gunner of the 21st Guards Rifle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1
1981-07-25
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1981 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Ho
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 2
1981-07-26
The second part of the Soviet TV adaption.
БесогонTV «Не всё взбивается в масло»
2020-12-18
БесогонTV «Проделки маркиза Карабаса»
2020-11-27
БесогонTV «Клубок друзей»
2020-11-02
БесогонTV «Парад мышей»
2020-10-03
БесогонTV «Антология фальши»
2020-09-12
БесогонTV «Jedem das Seine / Каждому свое»
2021-01-22
A Joke
1966-04-05
Based on the short story of the same name by A.P. Chekhov.
БесогонTV «Если папа – коррупция, а мама – двуличие, какой у них будет ребенок?»
2021-02-12
Revizorro
1996-10-08
An adaptation of the play by Ukrainian playwright Mykola Gogol, set in Tsarist Russia during the 19t
Bondarchuk. Battle
2021-09-30
The new film about Sergei Bondarchuk is not a traditional description of the life of a famous direct
Not Like Dad 2: Granddad
2025-04-03
On the verge of divorce, Max comes to his ex Irina's to pick up his son Dima for the autumn holidays
Brother Forever
2025-10-30
A documentary about the phenomenon of the Brother duology and its place in the country's cultural co
Никита
2025-10-21
A documentary about the spiritual and personal life of Nikita Mikhalkov. The plot covers 66 years of
Plankton Salesmen
2017-10-29
A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in Russia in the early 2000s.